Vagal regulation and emotional intensity predict children's sleep problems

Developmental Psychobiology

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 307-317

  El Sheikh, Mona ^a   Buckhalt, Joseph A ^a  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Respiratory sinus arrhythmia; Sleep problems; Vagal control

Indexed keywords

ACTIMETRY; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; HOME MONITORING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIMARY SCHOOL; PROBLEM SOLVING; QUALITY CONTROL; REACTION TIME; SINUS ARRHYTHMIA; SLEEP DISORDER; VAGUS NERVE; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION; WRIST DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; AFFECT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REACTION TIME; RESPIRATION DISORDERS; SLEEP DISORDERS; VAGUS NERVE; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 20144382341     PISSN: 00121630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dev.20066     Document Type: Article

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